CNC carving a fire-breathing dragon axe with the Shapeoko XXL
By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (topoarts.com).
This video shows the process of carving a fire-breathing dragon head battle axe out of olive wood, with a blade of semi-transparent epoxy resin, using the Shapeoko XXL.
Software used:
- Meshmixer to modify the individual pieces
- Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths
- UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC
Materials used:
- Olive wood (from Olive Wood Supply)
- Crystal Clear epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
- Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store)
- Aztec Gold Mica powder (from PearlEx)
- Gold Mica powder (from Stardust Micas)
- Pinata Tangerine Orange alcohol ink (from Jacquard)
- 1/4 upcut end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K
- 1/4 downcut end mill: Whiteside #RD2100
- 1/8 tapered ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46286